Category: theatre

Elizabeth Freestone, who directs a small British touring company: “I’m thrilled live screenings give our audiences more opportunities to experience theatre near them. … But some of the infrastructure surrounding screenings can’t help but pitch one against the other. And if put into competition with each other, venues will always choose live screenings because they are much cheaper to buy than live theatre. The good news is, the problems are solvable.”

The flagship companies in Glasgow and London will co-produce a trilogy of history plays this fall that could tie in with this September’s referendum on Scottish independence.

This time, fortunately, it was a set rather than a ceiling, and only four people were injured.

“Of the 28 shows which will be running on Broadway at that point, 14 have cancelled performances on the February 2, eight have moved up their show times, three have no shows on Sunday and three are keeping their schedule as is.”

“I know perfectly well that fresh salmon and smoked salmon don’t taste the same but that doesn’t stop me from wanting to sample both.”

If so, it might fix vicious internal spats – and help creativity flourish without fear.

“Fuerzabruta’s website describes the show as a ‘mind-blowing, heart-pounding international theatrical experience.'” The set collapse injured three audience members and one of the performers.

“Greenblatt was optimistic that the network could produce a second live production ‘more efficiently’ than Sound of Music, which took 18 months to get on the air.”

“The incident at the [Apollo Theatre] last month, which saw 79 audience members suffer injuries, is likely to result in the insurer putting aside an average of £5,000 to £10,000 per person, the consultant predicted.”

“Jason Robert Brown’s moment could very well be 2014: His Bridges of Madison County opens on Broadway next month; his Honeymoon in Vegas is up next; and a film of his show The Last Five Years is being made.”